Riders voice concerns as homeless use heated Suffern train station

Men lack options, caseworker says

9:31 PM,
Nov. 20, 2013

A homeless man sleeps in the heated shelter at the Suffern train station on March 14. Commuters have complained to NJ Transit that they cannot use the shelter; the agency says it will look into the issue.

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The frigid nights have returned and so have homeless men sleeping in heated shelters at the Suffern train station.

The presence of one or two men occupying the enclosures has been an ongoing issue for early morning commuters, who are left out in the cold as they wait for their NJ Transit train to arrive. A local caseworker for the homeless says the men lack better housing options.

The men began showing up this month but the situation appears to have changed in recent weeks, said Gedaliah Friedenberg, who catches the 5:17 a.m. train along with 20 or so riders. ...